title: Median nerve and ulnar nerve palsy caused by calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal deposition disease: case report.
abstract: Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal deposition disease can cause extra-articular pathology including nerve compression syndrome. We report a rare case of this complication in a 79-year-old woman.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan. h-ymzk@hsp.md.shinshu-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
authors.forename: Shigeharu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Uchiyama
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kato
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D018771:Arthralgia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002805:Chondrocalcinosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D019299:Decompression, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D017352:Echo-Planar Imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D020423:Median Neuropathy / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D009416:Nerve Regeneration / Q000502:physiology; D010147:Pain Measurement; D011379:Prognosis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D020424:Ulnar Neuropathies / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014955:Wrist Joint